Review

Going by the Book

Investing Neophytes Make Good in "The Buy Zone"

WHILE MUTUAL FUNDS fret over investigations by state and federal authorities into fee disclosure, market timing and after-hours trading, some people who are unencumbered by such worries are making money on the stock market. Lots of it.

The Good Stewards investment club of Garland, Tex., walked off with the first prize in Value Line's investment-club performance award for 2003, which recognizes the top three...